The management of defence papers presented at the National Defence College, Latimer, in September 1974

was formed in 1971 with the task of training mid-career officers of the armed forces, and equivalent civil servants, for more senior posts in the direction of United Kingdom defence by giving them a firmly based understanding of the environment, problems and techniques of defence business. From the outset we have recognised that the success of the College depends on the important contributions made by the many outside experts, both service and civilian, who come to Latimer to lecture to the students and join in discussions with them. It has also been our belief that the College has an important role to play in promoting contact and discussion between those inside and outside the government service, from the academic world and from industry, on topics of Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Defence Organisation and Defence Policy Making in the UK and the USA....Pages 1-28 Some Constraints on Defence Policy Makers....Pages 29-45 An American View of Defence Management....Pages 46-69 The Uses and Limitations of Economic Analysis for Defence Policy Planning....Pages 70-87 Systems Analysis in British Defence Policy Making: Some Achievements and Limitations....Pages 88-104 Defence Organisation — The Future....Pages 105-127 Back Matter....Pages 128-137